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Bloomsbury Academic
27 June 2024
Moving beyond a more traditional view of language as a discrete sociocultural and cognitive entity that distorts our understanding of surrounding ecologies, this book argues that the starting point for ecolinguistics is an appreciation of language as not just about nature, but of nature.

Exploring this conceptual change in the field, the book presents a process view in which language is substituted by languaging, emphasising the bioecologies that we cohabit with numerous other species. It puts forward this perspective by looking at the theoretical considerations behind the understanding of languaging as bioecological, and through examining languaging in various contexts and places. Drawing on examples from across the world, it addresses topics such as climate catastrophes, corporate narratives, questions of ecological leadership, the bioecological implications of the COVID pandemic, and relational landscapes. It also makes use of data from across multiple bioecological settings, including the dairy and agricultural industries.
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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9781350304482
ISBN 10:   1350304484
Series:   Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics
Pages:   260
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sune Vork Steffensen is Professor of Language, Interaction, and Cognition at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. Martin Döring is a senior scientist at the Institute of Geography at Hamburg University, Germany, and at the Institute for Coastal Research at the Hereon Centre Geesthacht, Germany. Stephen Cowley is Professor of Organisational Cognition at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.

Reviews for Language as an Ecological Phenomenon: Languaging and Bioecologies in Human-Environment Relationships

Forwarding a theoretical innovation that aims to both extend and unify ecolinguistics, this thought-provoking volume challenges ecolinguists to seek a deeper understanding of how languages and languaging influence ecosystems and life-sustaining relations. - Robert Poole, Associate Professor, University of Alabama, USA. …“activities involving language are ecological” – This is the basic tenet of the articles in this innovative volume. It takes ecolinguistic theory radically further by arguing that language, or rather languaging, is a “coordinative activity embedded in practice” which impacts the life-sustaining relations that uphold human living and its ecosphere - Hermine Penz, Professor, University of Graz, Austria.


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